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Date:      Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:04:22 +0000
From:      Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
To:        Andy Angrick <angrick@netdirect.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: server stress testing
Message-ID:  <36CDFC06.F48222B7@tdx.co.uk>
References:  <1.5.4.32.19990219214218.008ee354@netdirect.net>

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Andy Angrick wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of any programs available that would stress-test a new
> server? I've just built a new FreeBSD box and I want to make sure its stable
> before I put it to work. I've seen programs on the DOS side that would write
> to ram, randomly seek the harddrive, video testing, etc...all in a loop that
> you could run for a few hours.

Most people just do a very largely parallel makeworld on it, even if your
going to bin the results, it's pretty stressfull... See the FreeBSD site for
details on how to build the world :)

-Karl


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